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On Thursday, Judge Bashier Vally ordered President Jacob Zuma to hand over all relevant document relating to his recent decision to reshuffle cabinet.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) approached the High Court in Pretoria to ask for the record of President Zuma's decision as well as the intelligence report Zuma reportedly relied on to sack former finance minister, Pravin Gordhan.

This is an area that the courts should stay away from. I think if the courts start to interfere into political choices about who is in or out of government will cause problems.

— Richard Calland, Associate Professor in Public Law Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT)

Calland explains that where a political judgment is made, as in the case of Gordhan, however reckless, remains a political judgment.

Calland adds that because President Jacob Zuma has not admitted to the intelligence report as the basis of dismissing Gordhan it will be difficult to be prove that his decision was irrational as per the DA's court order.